The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-07-27

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Two sils by in and It long As
Five joists, by 10 in and 16 1t long.........I3l
Floor and lining ls ~ -; 10
Plates and nail so
Nine raiteIs, By in and II long 81
Siding, inch
Total amount OF lumoer required.
This, at 81 75 per 100 feet, will cost
SIC -, to which add / 600 shingles at s. IS,
and 81 for nails and hinges, and il brings
the total cost of material for the house 10
81 As; The farmer, ii he will follow my
directions, need not employ carpenter to
build such house, and two hands can
complete one in two days or less.
After the fouDcation is ready-which
msy be locust posts set we'll in the ground,
bowlde S, or masonry If preferrsd-place
your short stills across the ends and level
them, ana then set the floor joists on the
stills, so that the two outside ones will
come exactly to the ends of the stills.
Bridge the joist in the center, and then
lay the floor. a floor of inch lumber, laid
double, is much better than one of two.
inch planks, and will cost less, for the
lining can be laid with cracks three or
four inches wide.
After the floor is laid, cut your posts 4 =
feet high for the rear and z = for the front.
Saw them perfectly square at both ends:
them down by what the carpenters call
''toe-nailiBg;;" then spike a 2x4 studding to
the tops, front and resr. For plate, put
up your two end rafters, setting them ex.
actly flush with the stills. so THAI the wealth
boarding will be nailed to the sill at the
bottom and the raftsr at the top. You viii
need one run of na1lties, which can be
ship-lapped to the posts, and when
these are up you are ready to cover the
building.
Use siding IA feet long for covering it.
and it will cut one length for the front and
one for the rear. The roof of this house
slopes but one way, and it is best to have
the front-or high part OF the roof-toward
either the west or the SOUTH III the roof is
made to project little and finished with a
light cornice, it will present quite good
appearance.
Make a good trough aud fssten it secure
ly. / have never found anything better
than good V-trough; the front OF it should
be OF iwo-irch lumber, but the back part,
which comes against the side of the build
ing may be one inch. 1t is next 10 impos-
sihle TO keep hogs clean and the house free
from bad odors If they are confined to q
single floor; but by making an outside pen
with board floor, from twelve 10 eighteen
inches lower than the feeding floor aud
keeping it always supplied with an absorb
ant. haVe no difficulty in keeping my
hOg-nOuEeS rom becoming malOGOrOuS. SO
always raise the floor of the main house,
and then lay a floor OF nearly the same size
either at the rear or one end of the house.
AS this floor need not be laid double it
will take but 12S feet of lumber to make
it, and it csn rest on any cheap old scant-
lipgs throws fat on.the ground for mud
sills. IDclose it with substantial fence,
made without cracks and furnish the hogs
some old straw or corn fodder as often as
they REQUIRE il, and they will enjoy work
ing it over and will shred it up and make
good manure OF it sooner than any other
eek.
The hogs will sometimes keep the main
house clean themselves, but il they do not
IL is easy 70 clean it out and throw Il into
the outside pen. This outside pen should
be so located that wagon C An be driven or
backed up to ii easily to clean it out, as 1t
will need 10 be emp.ied frequently, and il
it is placed at the end of the hoase instead
Of the rear, you should use sills six zen
feet long and joists eight feet, so as to have
the floor boards run leDgthwise of the
house, as it will be much easier to clean il
out as the manure can be scrapsd length.
wise of the boards than if the shovel must
run across them.
Every hog-house of this size should be
provided with q movable partition, SO
that il can be divided into two parts when
dasiIed, as an apartment eight feet square
is large enough for a SOW to fsrrow in. Two
short posts, two By four inches, can be SCI
up, front and resr, and just far enough
apart so that an inch board can be droppeI
between them, and three boards, foo
wide Will make the partition. To proven
hogs from lifting them out, bore hal
1sch hole just above the top board in Oh,
of the posts, at each end, and put in
stout pin. If it is desired to rave roou
for corn above, use longer posts, say twelv
fha front and for thu
and use two by six lumber for nail ties ant
two by eight iJist, cross wise of the build
ing, to support the upper floor. This vii
gfTe room, at very small expense, to stor
about one hundred bushels of corn abov
the hops.
Jf.but one bog-hodse is built il should b.
located adjoining the barDyard, so that tn
hogs can be let out at pleasure to worl
over the manure, as hogs in the barnyard
at the proper time, are Of great advantsg
TO the manure, butt ia not safe to kee
Them there with horses and cattle, as the
are in danger of being crippled. prefe
TO hang doors for a hog house, with tn
hinges at the top, so that in opening ther
you turn them up out of the way of th
hogs, as IL swung around like a comm0
door, the hogs will run against them an
often break the hinges.
Perhaps some of my readers will thin
such a hog-house too cheap aud build {
too light material, but please remembe
that in a small building like this ever
board Is BRACE and there is no need 10
heavy timber. Ny oldest house has bee
huilt twenty years, and have rem ve
the floor oncs at an expense OF about 5.
ard the frame seems az substantial q
when first built. I have seen hog house
msde Of heavy timber and evefythln
mortised and put together as strong
would be needed for a Darn 100 feet IoDi